Earl Sheely
Inducted as a player in 1943
Position: Infielder
Height: 6-4
Weight: 205
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Born: February 12, 1893 in Bushnell, IL
Died: September 16, 1952 in Seattle, WA
Teams (Years Played)
- Salt Lake City Bees (1916-20)
- Sacramento Senators (1928)
- San Francisco Seals (1930)
- Los Angeles Angels (1932)
- Portland Beavers (1933-34)
- Seattle Rainiers (1934)
Notes: Member of the PCL Hall of Fame's inaugural class in 1943...Won the PCL Batting Title in 1920 and 1930...Led the league in home runs for three consecutive seasons between 1918 and 1920...His 33 homers in 1920 tied the all-time PCL record up to that point, before it was broken with Paul Strand's 43 homers in 1923...Led the PCL in hits and RBI in 1930...Played in 1,234 Major League games between 1921 and 1931.
PCL Career Statistics
| Year | Team | Pos | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | K | BB | SB | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1916 | Salt Lake | C | 14 | 41 | 5 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .341 | |||
| 1917 | Salt Lake | 1B | 193 | 749 | 97 | 227 | 46 | 7 | 19 | 14 | .303 | |||
| 1918 | Salt Lake | 1B | 93 | 330 | 44 | 99 | 14 | 1 | 12 | 9 | .300 | |||
| 1919 | Salt Lake | 1B | 168 | 646 | 107 | 197 | 35 | 1 | 28 | 15 | .305 | |||
| 1920 | Salt Lake | 1B | 188 | 700 | 114 | 260 | 51 | 5 | 33 | 14 | .371 | |||
| 1928 | Sacramento | 1B | 165 | 630 | 102 | 240 | 46 | 3 | 21 | 128 | 3 | .381 | ||
| 1930 | San Francisco | 1B | 183 | 718 | 120 | 289 | 35 | 1 | 29 | 180 | 6 | .403 | ||
| 1932 | Los Angeles | 1B | 117 | 417 | 65 | 133 | 26 | 0 | 11 | 102 | 6 | .319 | ||
| 1933 | Portland | 1B/C | 137 | 454 | 77 | 163 | 30 | 1 | 13 | 100 | 0 | .359 | ||
| 1934 | Portland/Seattle | 1B/C | 181 | 640 | 98 | 200 | 30 | 6 | 7 | 101 | 5 | .313 | ||
| Totals (10 seasons) | 1,439 | 5,325 | 829 | 1,822 | 316 | 25 | 174 | 611 | 72 | .342 | ||||